Bishop's hat
Astrophytum ornatum (DC.) Britton & Rose
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- 30 cm
Cactaceae
Formerly Astrophytum glabrescens, Echinocactus ghiesbrechtii, Echinocactus haageanus, Echinocactus holopterus, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Succulent subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- NE. Mexico (to Veracruz)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 30 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -4 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Spanish
- Algodoncillo, Liendrilla, Piojosa
- Chinese
- 般若
- Dutch
- prachtstercactus
- Slovenian
- okrašeni astrofit
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Astrophytum ornatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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